UC Irvine Becomes Latest LA Business School to Offer GMAT/GRE Waiver

Applying for an MBA program is a long process: There’s plenty of applications, essays, and interviews involved in getting you into the program atop your list. To add insult to injury, many programs require a GMAT or GRE score, only adding to potential workload and stress.

A waiver means that prospective MBAs won’t have to spend hours studying for the GMAT or GRE. It also benefits those who would identify as poor test takers.

“At the Merage School, we recognize and value strong academic achievement. By waiving the GMAT or GRE requirement, we are rewarding high achievers for their academic excellence,” Jon Masciana, Senior Director of the FEMBA program at the Merage School, recently said in a press release.

Prospective MBAs must meet the following criteria to be eligible for the GMAT waiver:

Located about halfway between Los Angeles and San Diego, the UC Irvine campus is just ten minutes away from the coastal communities of Huntington Beach, Newport Beach, and Laguna Beach. The Paul Merage School of Business offers a full-time, two year MBA program, as well as a part-time MBA, Executive, and Healthcare Executive MBA programs.